You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Tomorrow, no matter what, I must remember to buy a new phone, Xiao Yao said to himself.

"Hubby," Shen Jie cleared her throat and said, "When you came in just now, did you see many people using the bathroom?"

"Quite a lot, right?" Xiao Yao recalled.

"Then I'll sleep for a while. When there are fewer people around in the second half of the night, you can wake me up to wash up." Shen Jie said.

"Okay." Xiao Yao said.

"You must call."

"Okay." Xiao Yao said.

He had been very busy today and there was nothing else to do, so he just fell asleep in Shen Jie's arms.

He didn't know how long he slept before he woke up from the darkness again.

Xiao Yao heard an unbearable sound coming from the next room - perhaps the next room to the next room - through the wooden wall.

Damn, is it necessary to be so exaggerated, like in a neon action movie?

He could hear this voice in his dream, and he thought he was having an unhealthy dream again. Only after waking up did he realize that he had wronged himself.

Just as he was listening carefully, the girl in his arms suddenly twisted her body twice and her snoring stopped immediately.

"Why, were you woken up too?" Xiao Yao asked in a low voice.

"Oh, it's so annoying!" Shen Jie yelled, "It's so itchy!"

Itch? What kind of lewd words? Xiao Yao thought.

Pull up the crotch bar

2023-07-25

I'm not feeling well today, so I write very slowly. The words I forced myself to write don't feel good to read, so I'll take a break.

Chapter 276 Where will Shen Jie’s future lead to?

2023-07-27

"Oh, it's so annoying!" Shen Jie yelled, "It's so itchy!"

Itch? What kind of lewd words? Xiao Yao thought.

"What's itching?" Xiao Yao asked, "Where is itching?"

"It's itchy everywhere," Shen Jie said, "Maybe it's because I didn't take a shower - don't you feel itchy?"

Xiao Yao savored it for a moment and answered Shen Jie seriously, "It doesn't itch."

Shen Jie was silent for a moment, then her eyes suddenly became sharp: "Did you really cheat on me?"

What kind of divergent thinking is this? Where is the logical relationship?

"Oh, no, the air conditioner is on. You might be itchy because of mosquito bites. Let me show you." Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and stroked Shen Jie's neck with his fingertips, trying to find the unnecessary protrusion.

As if to prove Xiao Yao's words, he immediately heard the buzzing sound of a mosquito near his ear, coming from far away and getting closer. He instinctively withdrew his hand and slapped it intuitively.

I don’t know if it hit the target?

Three seconds later, the female mosquito responded to Xiao Yao's question with a mocking buzzing sound.

Hey, I have a bad temper...

"Even if there are mosquitoes, won't they bite you?" Shen Jie objected.

"I don't know, maybe it's because I have AB blood type and my taste is not good."

"You know this? What blood type tastes best?"

"O type."

"…I'm type O! What bad luck!"

You chose this place, my dear wife—Xiao Yao teased in his heart, but knew he couldn't say it.

"Well, I'll go downstairs and buy you an electric mosquito coil. Tomorrow we'll go buy a mosquito net. That's the most effective." Xiao Yao sat up.

"Why are you getting up too?"

"I'm going to take a shower." Shen Jie said, "There shouldn't be anyone here at this hour - you should take a shower too."

"Okay, let's go." Xiao Yao said.

"What are you thinking? Wash them separately. There are so many people living here. I don't want to be laughed at by others." Shen Jie told Xiao Yao: "And go buy the mosquito coils you mentioned first."

"Oh." Xiao Yao said.

The boy changed into a clean set of clothes, went downstairs, and walked to a night market stall, where he unexpectedly saw the girl in fishnet stockings he had met before.

"Hey." The girl took the initiative to greet Xiao Yao again.

"Hey." Xiao Yao said.

"What a coincidence." said the girl.

"Ah... yes." Xiao Yao asked: "Where are the supermarkets and convenience stores here?"

"Go to the convenience store in front and turn right." The girl in fishnet stockings carefully pointed the way for him. Xiao Yao thanked her and was about to leave when he was approached again.

"Little brother, you live in 202, right? I live in 201, just across the street from you." said the girl in fishnet stockings.

"Oh, yes, what a coincidence, then we are neighbors." Xiao Yao said excitedly.

The girl smiled but said nothing.

"My last name is Xiao, Xiao Yao." Xiao Yao suddenly felt that he should introduce himself politely.

"Li Xiaoyao?" There was a gleam of curiosity in the girl's face.

"If there's no Li, there's Xiao Yao," Xiao Yao said.

"Just call me Meiyu. When you buy cigarettes, mention my name, otherwise he may give you fake cigarettes because he sees you are unfamiliar." said the girl.

"Ah, thank you, Meiyu..."

Xiao Yao said goodbye to Meiyu and followed her instructions to find the 24-hour convenience store. Since he didn't plan to buy cigarettes, he didn't mention Meiyu.

He took the mosquito coils and a few cans of iced carbonated drinks. When he paid the bill, he felt it was a bit expensive. The mosquito coils were obviously overpriced, and he regretted not mentioning the beautiful jade.

He looked at the cigarettes on the shelf behind the male clerk on the night shift and pretended to suddenly remember something and said, "Oh, by the way, Sister Meiyu asked me to bring her a pack of cigarettes."

"Oh." The night shift male clerk's face, which looked like he had irregular menstruation, disappeared. He looked a lot friendlier. He turned around and took a box of cigarettes from the shelf. Then he looked at the mosquito coil that Xiao Yao had taken, picked it up and went to the shelf outside the counter, and brought back another mosquito coil.

"This is useful." He handed the newly-brought mosquito coil to Xiao Yao, and then recalculated the bill.

I bought an extra pack of cigarettes and saved 5 dollars.

As soon as he returned to the bar on the second floor, he heard Shen Jie standing at the bathroom door and calling him: "Xiao Yao, come here."

The young man looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Shen Jie pinching the trousers she wore during the day with one hand and looking angry. His heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong.

Xiao Yao gritted his teeth and walked forward nervously: "What's the matter? I bought mosquito coils, the best in the store, and also bought some drinks. Do you want some?"

Shen Jie stretched out her palm - and sure enough, there were two white socks on it.

They were said to be white socks, but in fact they were already gray: one sock was turned right side up, the other inside out, both were dry and wrinkled, and seemed to be a little small because of shrinkage. There were pilling and turning upside down in many places on the socks, and Xiao Yao even saw a small hole that he had not seen during the day.

"Whose is it?" Shen Jie asked him.

Xiao Yao opened his mouth.

Why do I always make this kind of mistake? Last time, I was seen by Yu Luying with Shen Jie's socks in my pocket. This time...

He replied confidently, "Whose it could be..."

"Okay," Shen Jie said with a sneer, "You're not very old, the taste is getting stronger and stronger. You said you didn't steal it?"

"?" Xiao Yao said: "What are you talking about? Can you listen to my explanation?"

Xiao Yao began to explain incoherently and at a very fast pace.

It turned out that when they were at the river, when Xiao Yao helped Yu Luying put on her shoes, Yu Luying took off her wet socks, wrung them dry, and wiped her little feet before putting them into her shoes to avoid getting the inside of her sneakers wet.

This poor little sock, which had been abused and used as a rag, was about to be thrown away by its mistress on the spot. Xiao Yao couldn't bear it and rescued it, insisting that it could still be worn after washing, and that he would take it home to wash it. Just like that, the sock ended up in his trouser pocket.

I didn't expect there would be holes in it. It looks like it's hopeless, Xiao Yao thought.

"I've already told you this," Shen Jie listened carefully to his explanation before saying, "Don't explain. I don't want to hear it, and I don't want to argue with you. I don't want to know what you did outside or what your reasons were - but at least don't bring back anything dirty."

Xiao Yao couldn't help but blurt out, "What kind of dirty thing are you? You call me a bitch and a dirty thing, can you please show me some respect? I have been serving you and have worked hard inside and outside the palace to rescue you."

I regretted it as soon as I finished speaking. I was impulsive. I guess I can't avoid a quarrel today.

Just as she was about to admit defeat, Shen Jie spoke first, "Are you anxious? I said the socks were dirty, is that wrong? What do you mean by saving me? If I hadn't saved her, she would have already melted in the hall of your teacher Yao."

"So," Xiao Yao said, "You two are close friends who have known each other for a lifetime. How can you two, as sisters, turn against each other because of a bad man? You should find a chance to reconcile as soon as possible."

Shen Jie slapped the two balls of socks into Xiao Yao's palm and said, "Let the rotten man wash the dirty things himself. I won't help her wash them." After saying this, she picked up Xiao Yao's trousers and returned to the bathroom.

"What are you doing? Wash my clothes?" Xiao Yao stretched his head to look.

"Yes, young master, you saw it all." Shen Jie put both people's clothes into the washing machine and took out the laundry detergent.

"Light-colored clothes and dark-colored clothes should be washed in two batches." Xiao Yao reminded her.

"I understand." Shen Jie said.

"How do you know how to use a washing machine, Miss?" Xiao Yao walked behind Shen Jie and gently put his arms around her waist.

"Is a washing machine some high-tech thing that I can't learn? It's annoying." Shen Jie poured detergent into the washing machine.

"No, I'm just very touched, really." Xiao Yao said sincerely.

"It's good to know the situation." Shen Jie whispered.

He was touched not only by the fact that Shen Jie had begun to seriously delve into the work of a "servant", but also by the fact that despite all her resentment, she did not argue or go into a cold war with him, and even continued to try to fulfill her duties as a "wife". At the same time, he was also worried that the balloon would burst one day and the situation would become uncontrollable.

"Go back and light the mosquito coils, go to sleep first, I'll take care of this." Xiao Yao said, "I'm really sorry for today, I hope you know I didn't mean it, and that you know I love you."

"Okay, okay. Remember to take a shower. I've left your underwear there for you."

After Shen Jie returned to her room, Xiao Yao washed both of their clothes and hung them in the corridor. After thinking about it, he became a little worried about safety issues, but he couldn't find a solution for the time being.

Without washing Yu Luying’s socks, she took a shower, changed her underwear, and returned to Room 202 with the plastic basin.

The mosquito coils had been lit, and Shen Jie had taken a shower but had not gone to bed yet. When she saw Xiao Yao come in, she responded.

"Are there still mosquitoes?" Xiao Yao asked, looking around.

"It seems to be gone." Shen Jie told Xiao Yao.

Before Shen Jie finished speaking, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a pain in his calf, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to beat it, but it turned out to be... a flea?Lice?Or what?

"Is this a flea?" Although Shen Jie asked this, she hid in the corner and did not look at the sesame-sized bug in Xiao Yao's hand.

"I think so. I don't know. This thing is the most annoying. Why don't we talk to the old landlady during the day and ask her to give us a new set of bedding."

"How can she give us new bedding? Is she going to exchange the well-fed ones for the hungry ones? Stop it." Shen Jie turned over and went back to sleep.

Xiao Yao reached his hand into the pajamas on the back of Shen Jie and gently scratched her smooth skin with his short nails.

The boy didn't know whether fleas and lice were the same thing or two different things. He had never caught lice and didn't know what fleas looked like. He just thought of what the protagonists experienced in the small hotel on their journey to Sanli University in "The Fortress Besieged".

How much more confused am I now than Fang Hongjian was back then?

Well, it’s still better. At least I have “Miss Shen”, and...but where is the future of “Miss Shen”?

Her planned life was derailed because of me. I should be responsible for her, but I have no idea how to be responsible or how to take responsibility for her future.

She shouldn't sleep in a place like this, enduring mosquito bites.

Thinking of this, my heart felt like floating like duckweed and I couldn’t feel better at all.

……

I don’t know why, but the girl in fishnet stockings who called herself “Meiyu” suddenly came to my mind.

This name reminded him of the "Wang Meiyu" whom Fang Hongjian and his companions met on their journey to Sanli University.

"A little bit up, a little bit to the left, a little bit to the right, yes, use more force, no, a little bit more to the left..." Shen Jie commanded in a weak voice.

The unbearable voices from next door had died down, and the annoying mosquito sounds had gradually disappeared. Xiao Yao listened to Shen Jie's breathing and the clanging sound of the freight train passing by on the tracks, and his consciousness finally slowly became blurred.